More company increases happiness, but does not lighten or diminish misery.

Quote by Thomas Traherne

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This visible world is wonderfully to be delighted in, and highly to be esteemed, because...

This visible world is wonderfully to be delighted in, and highly to be esteemed, because...

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others,...

Love is the true means by which the world is enjoyed: our love to others,...

To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a...

To think the world therefore a general Bedlam, or place of madmen, and oneself a...

This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein all moments are...

This moment exhibits infinite space, but there is a space also wherein all moments are...

An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It...

An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be written. It...

You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till...

You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till...

You never know yourself till you know more than your body.

You never know yourself till you know more than your body.

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love...

Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love...

Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven:...

Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven:...

To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all...

To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all...

Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable,...

Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho others count me miserable,...

Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and...

Is it not strange, that an infant should be heir of the whole world, and...

I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be...

I can't bear art that you can walk round and admire. A book should be...

Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving...

Although most products will soon be too costly to purchase, there will be a thriving...

If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer...

If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer...

The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee,...

The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus, when thou comest, bring with thee,...

For my own part, my belief in the perfection of the Deity will not permit...

For my own part, my belief in the perfection of the Deity will not permit...

Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.

Why, I'd like nothing better than to achieve some bold adventure, worthy of our trip.

Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he...

Next o'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he...

I have seen men hazard their fortunes, go on long journeys halfway around the world,...

I have seen men hazard their fortunes, go on long journeys halfway around the world,...